{"id":469,"date":"2021-09-07T01:33:07","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T01:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/vietnamese\/?p=469"},"modified":"2021-09-07T01:33:07","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T01:33:07","slug":"a-trip-to-the-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/vietnamese\/a-trip-to-the-library\/","title":{"rendered":"A Trip to the Library"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Image taken and used with permission from Kandle Dart<\/p><\/div>\n

Did you know that September is \u201cNational Library Card Sign-up Month\u201d? Time to get your th\u1ebb th\u01b0 vi\u1ec7n<\/em> (library card) if you don\u2019t have one. We are all familiar with th\u01b0<\/em> vi\u1ec7n <\/em>(library) since we were young because in the United States, whether big or small, there are libraries in every school, university, city, etc.<\/p>\n

When you have a chance to visit Washington D.C, don\u2019t forget to make a trip to the Library of Congress, the largest library in the world. Even if you are not interested in s\u00e1ch<\/em> (books), it\u2019s worth a tour due to its beautiful European Renaissance architecture with lots of marble and granite stone work. I went there and even got myself a th\u1ebb th\u01b0 vi\u1ec7n<\/em>. It\u2019s a shame that I didn\u2019t stay long in the area to utilize the card to my advantage. I haven\u2019t been in many libraries, but of all the ones I have visited, the Library of Congress is the most beautiful one to me.<\/p>\n

The year before the pandemic, during a road trip through New England, I had a chance to take a quick walk inside the Yale University Library in New Haven, Connecticut. The architecture is Gothic style, reminiscent of a European Cathedral with many stained-glass windows. \u00a0It would be great if I could visit all the other old library buildings in the United States just to enjoy their architectural design. Honestly, I\u2019m not an avid reader, I\u2019m more interested in the history, design, and the ambience of libraries.<\/p>\n

Last June, I got a chance to tour the Central Los Angeles Public Library (th\u01b0<\/em> vi\u1ec7n c\u00f4ng<\/em> c\u1ed9ng) <\/em>in southern California. I knew it to be a big th\u01b0<\/em> vi\u1ec7n<\/em> but, I didn\u2019t realize it was ranked in the top 5 largest th\u01b0<\/em> vi\u1ec7n c\u00f4ng<\/em> c\u1ed9ng<\/em> in the United States by total collections. Completely different than the Library of Congress and Yale University Library, the architecture & design of this building is from the Art Deco era. What impressed me the most here is the beautiful rotunda, the children\u2019s puppet theater, and couple aisles of Vietnamese literature in Vietnamese.<\/p>\n

Talking about Th\u01b0 V<\/em>i\u1ec7n Q<\/em>u\u1ed1c G<\/em>ia<\/em> (National Library) in Vietnam, don\u2019t confuse the Th\u01b0 V<\/em>i\u1ec7n Q<\/em>u\u1ed1c G<\/em>ia <\/em>Vi\u1ec7t Nam <\/em>(National Library of Vietnam) in H\u00e0<\/em> N\u1ed9i<\/em> with the old Th\u01b0 <\/em>V<\/em>i\u1ec7n Q<\/em>u\u1ed1c Gia<\/em> of South Vietnam in S\u00e0i G\u00f2n which had its name changed to Th\u01b0 Vi\u1ec7n Khoa H\u1ecdc T\u1ed5ng H\u1ee3p Th\u00e0nh Ph\u1ed1 H\u1ed3 Ch\u00ed Minh<\/em> (General Sciences Library of Ho Chi Minh City) in 1978.<\/p>\n

Below is some vocabulary related to the library topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Vietnamese<\/u><\/strong><\/td>\nEnglish<\/u><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Th\u1ebb th\u01b0 vi\u1ec7n<\/td>\nLibrary card<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
S\u00e1ch<\/td>\nBook<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Con m\u1ecdt s\u00e1ch<\/td>\nBookworm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
B\u1ea1n \u0111\u1ecdc<\/td>\nReader<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M\u1ee5c l\u1ee5c<\/td>\nIndex<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
T\u00e0i li\u1ec7u<\/td>\nDocument<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
D\u1ecbch v\u1ee5<\/td>\nService<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Th\u01b0 m\u1ee5c<\/td>\nDirectory<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nh\u00e2n vi\u00ean th\u01b0 vi\u1ec7n<\/td>\nLibrarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
B\u00e0n tra c\u1ee9u th\u00f4ng tin<\/td>\nInformation desk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
T\u1ef1 \u0111i\u1ec3n<\/td>\nDictionary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
T\u00e1c gi\u1ea3<\/td>\nAuthor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
T\u00ean s\u00e1ch<\/td>\nTitle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ti\u1ec3u thuy\u1ebft<\/td>\nNovel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
S\u00e1ch gi\u00e1o khoa<\/td>\nTextbook<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ti\u1ec7m s\u00e1ch<\/td>\nBookstore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

If you are interested in learning a foreign language, specifically Vietnamese, check out Transparent Language Online at the library near you. In this digital era, you can check out many digital and audio books from your own home, without going to the library. How convenient is that!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Did you know that September is \u201cNational Library Card Sign-up Month\u201d? Time to get your th\u1ebb th\u01b0 vi\u1ec7n (library card) if you don\u2019t have one. We are all familiar with th\u01b0 vi\u1ec7n (library) since we were young because in the United States, whether big or small, there are libraries in every school, university, city, etc…<\/p>\n

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